A summer song (US 7, 1964)     (video)

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1. Trees swayin' in the summer breeze,

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showin' off their silver leaves as we walked by.

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2. Soft kisses on a summer's day,

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laughing all our cares away, just you and I.

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3. Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights,

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gazing at the distant lights in the starry sky.

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They say that all good things must end, some day,

C D Em

autumn leaves must fall.

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But don't you know that it hurts me so, to say goodbye to y……...ou.

Em D - Em D

Wish you didn't have to go, no, no, no, no !

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4. And when the rain beats against my window pane,

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I'll think of summer days again and dream of you.

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C D G Em

They say that all good things must end, some day,

C D Em

autumn leaves must fall.

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But don't you know that it hurts me so, to say goodbye to y……...ou.

Em D - Em D

Wish you didn't have to go, no, no, no, no !

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5. And when the rain beats against my window pane,

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I'll think of summer days again and dream of you.

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and dream of you.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Chad & Jeremy)